Alcolumbre wants to vote on this fourth PEC to reduce the age of criminal responsibility in search of support from the right for re-election

In a last-minute agreement reached in the plenary, after the approval of the proposed amendment to the Public Security Constitution (PEC), the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), agreed to attempt to vote this Wednesday (4) on a PEC to reduce the age of criminal responsibility.

The result showed that the right did not, at that time, have enough votes to approve a PEC. A constitutional amendment needs the support of at least 49 of the 81 senators, in two rounds of voting.

However, Alcolumbre is not interested in imposing a definitive defeat on the right, where he seeks support to guarantee his return to the presidency of the Senate. The agreement foresees accelerating the processing of the PEC to try to vote on it directly in the plenary.

During the second round of the presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) agreed, for the first time, to reduce the age of criminal responsibility to 16 in cases of heinous crimes.